Tuesday Notes
A Newly Discovered Realm of Accomplishment for John Coltrane
The NFL’s Running Back Market Has Bottomed Out
Running backs had already lost the positional value war; when Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs didn’t get new deals, the NFL’s best ball carriers realized it
It’s not often that a star athlete says he’s so frustrated with his sport that maybe his entire job shouldn’t exist. But that’s where the NFL found itself when Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry, seemingly so dismayed by the news that the league’s three franchise-tagged running backs—Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs, and Tony Pollard—all failed to get long-term contracts before Monday’s deadline, tweeted his frustrations about running back value.